SSNC vs. MANH, TYL, GWRE, INFA, MSTR, TTWO, BLKB, ANSS, HUBS, and ADSK Should you be buying SS&C Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SS&C Technologies include Manhattan Associates (MANH), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Blackbaud (BLKB), ANSYS (ANSS), HubSpot (HUBS), and Autodesk (ADSK). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC ) and Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ:MANH ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
97.0% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Manhattan Associates shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Manhattan Associates had 6 more articles in the media than SS&C Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Manhattan Associates and 13 mentions for SS&C Technologies. SS&C Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Manhattan Associates' score of 0.76 indicating that SS&C Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SS&C Technologies received 179 more outperform votes than Manhattan Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.16% of users gave SS&C Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave Manhattan Associates an outperform vote.
SS&C Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $70.20, suggesting a potential upside of 10.17%. Manhattan Associates has a consensus target price of $240.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.12%. Given SS&C Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SS&C Technologies is more favorable than Manhattan Associates.
SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manhattan Associates has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SS&C Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Manhattan Associates. SS&C Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manhattan Associates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Manhattan Associates has a net margin of 19.91% compared to SS&C Technologies' net margin of 11.46%. Manhattan Associates' return on equity of 85.28% beat SS&C Technologies' return on equity.
Summary SS&C Technologies and Manhattan Associates tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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